Breeding Systems
34-Vivipary
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| Vivipary — Flowers are replaced by tiny plantlets which detach and grow into new plants. This is another example of asexual reproduction. These plants grow where there is a short growing season or where it is shady with few pollinators. This example is a wild onion Allium, where the flowers in the umbel inflorescence are replaced by vegetatively produced bulblets (little bulbs), and these bulblets sprout on the parent plant. |